National Regional Profile: Orange (C) (Local Government Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: LGA16150   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
184
159
205
237
150
Total dwelling unitsno.
196
167
231
270
181
Value of total residential building$m
34.6
36.3
52.2
61.6
47.1
Value of total non-residential building$m
15.9
26.6
18.9
14.9
28.4
Value of total building$m
50.5
63.0
71.1
76.5
75.4
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
922
976
1 076
999
1 151
Other vehiclesno.
612
716
847
978
937
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
1 534
1 692
1 923
1 977
2 088
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
16 977
17 328
18 059
18 218
18 759
Campervansno.
35
43
44
45
42
Light commercial vehiclesno.
4 751
4 774
5 213
5 456
5 659
Light rigid trucksno.
155
172
193
199
211
Heavy rigid trucksno.
643
632
679
687
708
Articulated trucksno.
149
152
161
201
189
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
26
17
15
16
17
Busesno.
115
106
106
108
112
Motorcyclesno.
740
744
771
878
977
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
23 590
23 968
25 242
25 808
26 673
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
458
467
489
494
507
Campervansno.
1
1
1
1
1
Light commercial vehiclesno.
128
129
141
148
153
Light rigid trucksno.
4
5
5
5
6
Heavy rigid trucksno.
17
17
18
19
19
Articulated trucksno.
4
4
4
5
5
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
1
0
0
0
0
Busesno.
3
3
3
3
3
Motorcyclesno.
20
20
21
24
26
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
637
646
684
699
721
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
4 403
3 888
3 447
2 909
2 494
Petrol - Unleadedno.
15 989
16 847
18 190
19 068
20 068
Dieselno.
2 925
2 970
3 323
3 548
3 805
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
275
263
282
282
306
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
18 438.2
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
314.0
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
6.0
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
685.6
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
692.8
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
43.7
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
21 628
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
293
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
8 946
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
0
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0